Good morning friends!
The name's Andrea, but you can call me Panda! By day, I'm a merchandiser and Farmer's Market employee, but by night I'm a video game playin', fire dancin', pseudo home cook, with a penchant for taking in animals and raising them as my own. Altogether, we have 20 animals in our little home!
My boyfriend and I have been together for over 4 years, and we are still going strong. There were times where, due to my overindulgence, I thought we may not make it out the other side, but we have, and we're still going!
The animals, my amazing man, our little house, and a drive to be something more, fuels my desire to learn. I am a student first - of life and academics. I will probably be in school during all of my golden years because I love learning. I soak up information and store it for later use and probably have more useless knowledge banked up than I can remember!
I come from a great family, but like any family we have our own problems. Ours is mental health related... Both of my parents grew up in highly abusive homes. My paternal grandfather was a violent alcoholic and my maternal grandparents weren't impartial to raising a fist either. This is an instance of epigenetics, where trauma that has happened in their lifetime caused an evolution of the mind; depression settled in and carried over into their offspring, so my siblings and I got the short end of that stick.
I'm an addict, perpetually in recovery. I have a co-occurring mood disorder which limits my ability to recognize my own thoughts. Writing has always been an outlet of mine during trying times, and this will be no different.
I find myself thinking, "How much of myself do I reveal in this intro?"; too much could be abrasive, yet I would like to share my story, in hopes that my words may reach out to someone else who has or is currently struggling. Big ups to 
Happy posting! See you all again soon <3
